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EMPOWER SHOP FLOOR
DATA COLLECTION &
SCHEDULING SOFTWARE
For progressive engineers to manage your core
business, your labour
Touch Screens on the Workshop Floor – Tracking: Jobs, Tasks and
Workshop Staff Live
50 inch TV Monitors on Office Walls and Workshop Floor Walls –
Report: Jobs, Tasks, Staff, Times, Job Status, Due By Dates ... Live
Scheduling is Updated Automatically and Live
Essential Tool for Production Management to: Schedule Jobs,
Manage Labour and Drive Production
• Software developed for engineers producing custom one off
products or projects, 6 to 150+ workshop staff
• Empower is Add On Software and Cloud-based
• Supplying engineers and other manufacturers for 16 years
• Production and factory productivity increases 20%-40%+
• Pricing is Low Cost weekly subscription
• Available to you on request: information pack, pricing, trial
software, software demonstration
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NZ Engineering Magazine 17/10/19
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Sean O’Sullivan
B Com (Hons) Otago University
Founding Director, Empower Software
sean@manufacturingandengineering.co.nz
+64 27 2284211
www.empowersoftware.biz
www.engineeringnews.co.nz
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vironment. This has led to a change
in the way things were once done for
many Kiwi exporters, with 49% indicating
they have made a conscious
effort to make a positive impact on
the environment. These include the
implementation of recyclable / biodegradable
packaging, removing
plastic, managing waste and utilising
electric vehicles. DHL is also taking a
stand to be more sustainable, launching
its first fleet of electric delivery
vehicles in New Zealand earlier this
year, with an aim to reduce all logistics
related carbon emissions to net
zero by 2050.
This year, over 170 DHL Express New
Zealand customers have signed up
for DHL’s GoGreen Carbon Neutral
service, which allows them to opt
for an environmentally responsible
shipping option and helps to combat
climate change by offsetting emissions
throughout the transportation
of shipments.
• Cost of exporting
Surveyed exporters have expressed
their concerns about the New Zealand
dollar, with 38% of Kiwi exporters
citing this as a major concern - a 13%
increase from 2018. Furthermore, the
survey indicated that exporters are
showing apprehension around the increasing
costs in New Zealand due to
the coming industrial regulation, with
29% citing this as a concern.
• Exporters look to the government
for support
some 29% of exporters agree that attending
trade shows with other New
Zealand companies is a strategic
way the New Zealand Government
could support international business
growth and a further 25% said that
more help with non-tariff barriers
(market access, regulations in other
countries) is needed. More than half
of respondents rated ‘ExportNZ’s
national advocacy of free trade negotiations,
and working with Ministers
and Government agencies to reduce
trade barriers and make exporter
concerns known’ as one of the most
important factors to export growth.
• Tapping into the digital world
Many Kiwi exporters are still not tapping
on the digital potential, with 47%
of those surveyed not utilising any
digital platforms to generate online
orders, an increase from 42% in 2018.
This may also indicate that a large
number of Kiwi exporters are selling
to other businesses and distributors
(who are not present on social media),
rather than to end consumers.
Of those that do utilise the internet,
company websites and Instagram are
the top two online platforms, with the
number of Kiwi exporters generating
80 - 100% of export orders online
increasing four percentage points
(from 19% in 2018 to 23% in 2019),
and the number of exporters who are
not generating any online orders decreasing
from 30% in 2018 to 28% in
2019.
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